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Brendan Jones
Personal information
Full nameBrendan Mark Jones
Born (1975-03-03) 3 March 1975 (age 49)
West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st)
Sporting nationality Australia
Career
Turned professional1999
Current tour(s)Japan Golf Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins18
Highest ranking52 (14 December 2008)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour15
Asian Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT24: 2009
U.S. OpenCUT: 2004, 2012
The Open ChampionshipT70: 2008

Brendan Mark Jones (born 3 March 1975) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the Japan Golf Tour, where he has won 15 times between 2002 and 2019.

Amateur career

Jones has a successful amateur career. He was part of the Australian team that took silver medal in the 1998 Eisenhower Trophy and he won the Australian Amateur in 1999, beating Mahal Pearce 2&1 in the final.

Professional career

Jones turned professional in 1999. He played two tournaments on the 2000 Japan Golf Tour and has played regularly on the tour since 2001.

In 2005, Jones was a member of the PGA Tour. Despite finishing in a tie for second at the B.C. Open, he narrowly failed to win enough money to retain his tour card. He has featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking reaching as high as 52 during 2011.

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

Professional wins (18)

Japan Golf Tour wins (15)

Legend
Japan majors (1)
Other Japan Golf Tour (14)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 3 Nov 2002 Philip Morris K.K. Championship −19 (65-67-67-70=269) 2 strokes Japan Toshimitsu Izawa
2 10 Aug 2003 Sun Chlorella Classic −8 (71-73-68-68=280) Playoff Japan Daisuke Maruyama, Japan Taichi Teshima
3 25 Apr 2004 Tsuruya Open −9 (64-73-69-69=275) 2 strokes Japan Keiichiro Fukabori, Australia Scott Laycock,
Japan Tatsuya Mitsuhashi, Japan Taichi Teshima,
Japan Shinichi Yokota
4 27 Jun 2004 Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open −14 (67-68-70-69=274) Playoff Japan Hiroaki Iijima
5 23 Apr 2006 Tsuruya Open (2) −11 (70-68-66-69=273) 2 strokes Japan Mamo Osanai
6 22 Apr 2007 Tsuruya Open (3) −16 (67-65-68-68=268) 2 strokes Japan Masahiro Kuramoto, Japan Hirofumi Miyase,
Japan Takuya Taniguchi
7 11 Nov 2007 Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters −13 (67-68-69-70=274) 5 strokes Japan Toru Taniguchi
8 2 Dec 2007 Golf Nippon Series JT Cup −11 (70-70-68-61=269) 1 stroke Japan Toru Taniguchi
9 26 Sep 2010 Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open1 −6 (71-70-66=207)* 1 stroke Japan Ryuichi Oda
10 1 May 2011 The Crowns −9 (67-66-68-70=271) Playoff South Korea Jang Ik-jae
11 15 Apr 2012 Token Homemate Cup −15 (68-69-70-62=269) 2 strokes Japan Ryuichi Oda
12 29 Jul 2012 Sun Chlorella Classic (2) −15 (69-66-68-70=273) 2 strokes South Korea Lee Seong-ho, Japan Hideki Matsuyama,
Japan Yoshinobu Tsukada
13 30 Jun 2013 Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open (2) −19 (67-66-68-68=269) 3 strokes South Korea Kim Kyung-tae
14 18 Sep 2016 ANA Open −18 (66-67-67-70=270) 1 stroke Japan Yuta Ikeda
15 21 Apr 2019 Token Homemate Cup −15 (65-69-71-64=269) 1 stroke Australia Matthew Griffin

*Note: The 2010 Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open was shortened to 54 holes due to inclement weather.
1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (3–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2002 Sun Chlorella Classic Japan Naomichi Ozaki, United States Christian Pena Pena won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2003 Sun Chlorella Classic Japan Daisuke Maruyama, Japan Taichi Teshima
3 2004 Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Japan Hiroaki Iijima Won with par on second extra hole
4 2009 Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf Japan Takashi Kanemoto Lost to birdie on third extra hole
5 2011 The Crowns South Korea Jang Ik-jae Won with birdie on first extra hole

Nationwide Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 13 Jun 2004 LaSalle Bank Open −16 (67-70-64-67=268) 1 stroke United States D. A. Points

Nationwide Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2004 SAS Carolina Classic United States Chris Anderson, United States Jason Buha,
Australia Paul Gow 		Anderson won with par on eighth extra hole
Buha and Gow eliminated with birdie on first hole

Other wins (2)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT T70
PGA Championship CUT CUT T24
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship T72 CUT
PGA Championship CUT CUT
Tournament 2019
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Match Play R64 R64 R64
Championship T40
Invitational T36
Champions T25 T46
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ^ "Week 50 2008 Ending 14 Dec 2008" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 22 October 2019.


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